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		scns on June 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonpr... > What about IKEA? It's smaller than Novo Nordisk, but they also use a non-profit parent company, which is admittedly a bit bizarre. Smells like tax evasion, but what do i know. Isn't IKEAs founder one of the richest people in Swiss?

nextos on June 17, 2024 | [–]

Yes, indeed. IKEA's non-profit parent is headquartered in NL, and it is obviously a tax evasion scheme.

bitbckt on June 17, 2024 | [–]

Sweden is not Switzerland. And he died almost ten years ago.

wasmitnetzen on June 17, 2024 | [–]

He lived in Switzerland for over 40 years.

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